Best Dissent Poems
Below are the all-time best Dissent poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dissent poems written by PoetrySoup members
Naked DissentDaddy always kneeled--
but it was Momma who prayed,
as he spread lips that couldn't dissent,
no matter how much they trembled.
She was always naked for him
bleeding babies...
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Categories:
dissent, introspection, life
Form:
Free verse
Death Valley of Dissent
The day Democracy died,
I was a little lad, yea, knee high
Papa turned on the telly
to watch the White House news
Curious to hear if the
whether...
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Categories:
dissent, dark, freedom, political, visionary,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
QuietusIn a mire brewed
betwixt puddles of hell and mute dissent
a martyr wades -
weighed down by chains of shame and disdain
alas the thirsting self-absorbed...
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Categories:
dissent, angst, conflict, dark, depression,
Form:
Free verse
'separation' - the Art of Edvard MunchWhen love is torn asunder and there is nothing left but dissent,
a lover's heart will be shattered, mortally wounded and rent.
In a relationship that was...
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Categories:
dissent, lost love,
Form:
Ekphrasis
September DaySeptember meets with warm embrace,
quickening the harvest pace,
though looming autumn can't efface
what's left of summer's arid grace.
The linen hanging on the line...
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Categories:
dissent, autumn, day, farm, september,
Form:
Rhyme
The Illuminating Eternal FireDarkness descends,
And the destination lies far behind
God! Let the fire that burns in you eternal ,
Which is the only true fire,
Light up my eyes...
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Categories:
dissent, dark, fire, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Because Education Is ImportantThe last time I had seen this particular cousin of mine, I was still in college and he had a head full of hair. In...
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Categories:
dissent, family, humorous, life, metaphor,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Categories:
dissent, introspection, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Sing, GoddessSing, O Goddess, of my petulant wrath.
That which I’ve failed to address for so long.
Speak and guide my hand to express
The words of extremity needed...
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Categories:
dissent, art, beauty, blessing, for
Form:
Classicism
1776 - Jefferson, Franklin and AdamsAnd so they sat, this learned three
in full pursuit of liberty,
the turkey, eagle and the dove
looked down upon them from above.
The declaration almost writ
they rubbed...
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Categories:
dissent, america, funny, history,
Form:
Quatrain
Night StalkerWithin the forest’s dream of night’s true fright
shadows twist obsidian trees torment,
the cypress writhe in blood moon’s bright delight.
The hunter hides his nascent lust for...
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Categories:
dissent, adventure, angst, animals, confusion,
Form:
Villanelle
A Poet's Flight of FreedomTo fly free is what a poet wants to do
It’s possible that it is different
Probably not to the taste of a few
Quite different and many...
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Categories:
dissent, poetry, poets,
Form:
Dizain
Categories:
dissent, business, history, loss, on
Form:
Shape
I Came LookingI came looking for solace
But you only gave me pain
I came looking for sunshine
But you only offered rain
I came looking for safety
By my soul you...
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Categories:
dissent, satire,
Form:
Quatrain
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 2[Now ShallowMan is quite content
receiving FactoidMan’s consent
to quibble and express dissent
as long as keeping covenant
with fingers crossed and belfry bent
when viewing Facts in sealed cement:]
SM
“The...
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Categories:
dissent, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme